na.sham describes panting in an intense comparison to a woman in labor.

The attested use describes panting as part of an intense utterance compared with a woman in labor.

1. Panting in a labor comparison · dominant

   In Isaiah 42:14, the first-person singular Qal imperfect form occurs in the statement comparing the speaker to a woman in labor; the APB renders the sequence, “I will groan, I will pant and gasp together.”

   Isaiah 42:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 42:14, the APB presents the clause with “I will pant” alongside groaning and gasping. The exact division of these English terms cannot be fixed from the rendering alone.